Jean Bourdichon

(1457–1521) French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator (1457-1521)

Jean Bourdichon (1457–1521) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Jean Bourdichon belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Jean Bourdichon was born in Tours and died in Tours. Jean Bourdichon studied under Master of the Munich Boccaccio.

One of the best-known works is ‘Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany’. The catalogue has 2 works by Jean Bourdichon with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1503. Museo Nazionale di San Martino holds at least one work by Jean Bourdichon.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Moulinsmästaren, Ambrogio de Predis, Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, Peter Vischer den äldre, and Tullio Lombardo.